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L.A. county porn shoots must use condoms

Former adult film performer Derrick Burts seen at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Election Headquarters victory party on Nov. 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. Early results show strong support for Measure B.

Pornographic producers will have to apply and pay for a permit from the Los Angeles County Department of Health before shooting a movie. They also will be subject to random inspections from the department to check if the performers are wearing condoms. Fines will be imposed on people who don't comply.

The idea of allowing a government employee to come and examine our genitalia while we're on set is atrocious," Amber Lynn, an adult film actress, told the Pasadena Star News at an anti-Measure B rally Sunday in North Hollywood.

California and New Hampshire are the only two states that legally allow adult films to be produced. Previously, the permit was required in Los Angeles city, but now the regulations will be expanded to 85 other cities in Los Angeles county.

But, the Los Angeles Times opposed the measure, saying that demand for unprotected sex in films will just increase the number of people who will circumvent the law, leading to more underground and possibly unsafe performances. Earlier in March 2011, Hustler was fined $14,175 for not using condoms in their Los Angeles city porn shoots. The company's owner Larry Flynt argued that people don't want to see condoms in porn.

Other opponents argued the permit requirement would have economic repercussions and lead to a mass exodus of porn productions from southern California, many of which take place in the San Fernando Valley.